Trying to move on from the Iginla fiasco, thinking about the offer he made and what chips he really has to use. Trying to break this out, to see what he might be in position to use to help this team.

Prospects:

Elite: None

Good: Spooner, Subban, Khokhlachev, Camara & Svedberg

Fair: Knight, Krug, Griffith, Payne, Grzelcyk & Ferlin

Draft Picks:

2013 and beyond...don't think he has traded any away or acquired any additional

Cap Space:

Good space for 2012-13, but tight for next year

Roster Players:

Guys like Caron or better could possibly be moved

It's been said before, but players with expiring contracts seem like the best fit for the team, but the trick is what would he be willing to part with for a rental not named Iginla? I thought Khokhlachev and a 1st rounder was a pretty steep price to pay for a rental, so the fact that the deal ultimately fell apart might not have been the worst thing in the world. Not sure if I am missing any assets, please weigh in if I did.

Crowls - seems mostly right. I'd move Krug and add Camper - The Hockey News puts him at 9th among Bruin prospects behind Matty Consonants and Ferlin - and Bartkowski, who, for all that it was mocked in the aftermath, was accepted as part of the package for Iginla.

Prospects:

Elite: Yetiberg (abominable)

Good: Spooner, Subban, Khokhlachev, Camara & Svedberg (Krug - THN put him between Spooner and Camara, so I'm guessing he fits here as the top D prospect; Caron - not an NHL roster player even though he's dressing as one).

2013 and beyond...don't think he has traded any away or acquired any additional

Cap Space:

Good space for 2012-13, but tight for next year

Roster Players:

Peverley could move, but I don't see any other roster player with a ticket in hand in a deadline type deal. Horton for a similar player with similar struggles? If the other team planned to re-sign him? But that's about it.

Peverley could move, but I don't see any other roster player with a ticket in hand in a deadline type deal. Horton for a similar player with similar struggles? If the other team planned to re-sign him? But that's about it.

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I could see anyone except the Bergeron line, Rask, Chara, Seids and Boychuck getting moved. I'm not convinced PC and Neely can handle "lack of compete" for much longer.

How much does Looch need to stink to get moved by the guy everyone is waiting for him to play like? What a smack that would be.

Even with his current slump, and the fact he's locked up for a while? To a team that tries to play a Bruins style and has cap space, like the Jets, at least what they got for Kessel. The Canucks would also likely pay a premium for the hometown hero.

Even with his current slump, and the fact he's locked up for a while? To a team that tries to play a Bruins style and has cap space, like the Jets, at least what they got for Kessel. The Canucks would also likely pay a premium for the hometown hero.

Trying to move on from the Iginla fiasco, thinking about the offer he made and what chips he really has to use. Trying to break this out, to see what he might be in position to use to help this team.

Prospects:

Elite: None

Good: Spooner, Subban, Khokhlachev, Camara & Svedberg

Fair: Knight, Krug, Griffith, Payne, Grzelcyk & Ferlin

Draft Picks:

2013 and beyond...don't think he has traded any away or acquired any additional

Cap Space:

Good space for 2012-13, but tight for next year

Roster Players:

Guys like Caron or better could possibly be moved

It's been said before, but players with expiring contracts seem like the best fit for the team, but the trick is what would he be willing to part with for a rental not named Iginla? I thought Khokhlachev and a 1st rounder was a pretty steep price to pay for a rental, so the fact that the deal ultimately fell apart might not have been the worst thing in the world. Not sure if I am missing any assets, please weigh in if I did.

Good list except I disagree with one prospect. Before he was injured, Jared Knight was considered one of the top prospects the Bruins had in their organization.

Good question and if your a GM possibly inquiring you have to ask "How long can or should a hamstring injury last ?"

It's obviously more then just an average pulled hamstring. A tear perhaps ?

He's been skating for a month but wearing a no-contact red jersey during practice(s). Cassidy basically said he is not playing until April so that pretty musch means he will be inserted for the AHL playoffs. Hope the most delicate hamstring in the history of the AHL can hold up.

Yeah, it really amazes me that people would ditch Lucic for draft picks. Just brutal. I still say the reason is that they know how he can dominate, so when he's not doing it, they get disappointed. When he's going, he changes the whole team.

I don't want to dump Lucic. Not at all. I'm just saying if the return were two firsts and a second from the average Jets, don't you consider it knowing that there are a ton of UFAs about to get moved as teams scramble to manage the cap next year? It's really not an overreaction...it's just a reality.